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President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8:00 p.m. on Monday night (December 14) regarding developments related to South Africa’s Covid-19 response.
The speech follows meetings with the National Coronavirus Command Council and provincial governments as the country battles the impact of a second wave of coronavirus.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce new and strict lockdown restrictions in South Africa as a way to curb rising infection rates.
However, a member of the president’s executive said City press that the entire country is unlikely to return to a hard lockdown like the one experienced earlier this year.
Instead, higher restrictions will be put in place at a localized level in the country’s coronavirus hot spot areas. Additional restrictions being considered include:
- Tighter curfew times;
- Earliest closing times for restaurants;
- Other limitations on gatherings like funerals
- New rules on the beaches.
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA WILL DIRECT THE NATION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE OF SA
President @CyrilRamaphosa will address the nation on Monday evening, December 14, 2020, on developments related to the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.#Stay safe pic.twitter.com/XFK919WdSx
– Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) December 13, 2020
South Africa reported 7,882 new cases on Saturday, taking the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases in the country for 852,965.
The country reported 154 more deaths, bringing the total to 23,106, while rethe covers are now on 760,118. It follows more than 8,000 new cases on Friday.
During his previous national address, Ramaphosa identified three areas in South Africa that were of particular concern due to a sharp increase in the number of new infections: Nelson Mandela Bay (EC); The Route of the Gardens (WC); and the Sarah Baartman (EC) district.
Read: Ramaphosa Prepares To Introduce New Covid-19 Restrictions – Report
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